Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758), (greater horntail wasp)


16 Jul 2007 at OSGR: SN78 in Cardigan, Wales

Record SummaryFemale, in flight
Found asFemale imago
Date16 July 2007
OS grid refOSGR: SN78
Lat/Lon52° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W
Vice CountyCardigan, VC no: 46
CountryWales

Notes: We spotted it flying around while we were eating lunch, caught it in a net, transferred to a tube where it waited in the shade until we’d finished lunch. I let it go on a fallen branch, hoping (but not expecting) it’d stay put for a few seconds to get a photograph. To our surprise it walked around for a minute or so, then started ovipositing in the branch.

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